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New Tunisia, New Opportunities

TUNISIAN EMBASSY. New Tunisia, New Opportunities. Amina MKADA. CONTENTS. 6 -INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT. 1 -BASIC DATA. 2 -SOCIETY. 7 -OPPORTUNITIES. 3 -INFRASTRUCTURE. 8 -INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT. 4 -ECONOMY. 9 -TIF 2014. 5 -TRADE. 10 -FIPA Tunisia. BASIC DATA - 2013. Area

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New Tunisia, New Opportunities

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  1. TUNISIAN EMBASSY New Tunisia,New Opportunities Amina MKADA

  2. CONTENTS 6-INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT 1-BASIC DATA 2-SOCIETY 7-OPPORTUNITIES 3-INFRASTRUCTURE 8-INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT 4-ECONOMY 9-TIF 2014 5-TRADE 10-FIPA Tunisia

  3. BASIC DATA - 2013 Area 162,155 km2 Coastline 1.300 km Population 10,8 mn(active: 36,3% / occupied: 30,2 %) Urban population 66,1 % Urban density 69 inhab. / km2 Life expectancy 74,9 yrs Literacy rate 79,1 % Currency TND, Tunisian Dinar (1 DT= € 0.46) Language Arabic (French widely spread) Poverty rate 15,6 % GDP 3% (IMF: 2.7%) Per capita income € 3.220 Inflation 6,1% (monthly average) Unemployment 15,9 % (6 months / 2013) 57,2 % of job seekers: universitygraduates Income level Upper middle income INS 2013

  4. SOCIETY 15-29 years27,9 % 30-59 years38,5 % “Tunisia is considered to be the most “westernized" country in the area and the most urbanized, not only for the % of the population living in urban places, but because large sections of the population have strong urban traditions. This is reflected in its education and cultural level, higher than that of its neighbors” (ICEX 2013) “Tunisia is undoubtedly the North African country that has best performed its demographic transition: 1,3% / year of demographic growth ” THE(new) CONSTITUTION 2014 one of the most advanced and innovative in the Arab world i.e. relating to women’s rights or freedom : guarantee of freedom of faith & conscience, free exercise of religious worship. The accusation of "apostasy is prohibited” Tunisia: among the countries with the highest human development : 1st in North Africa (UNDP 2013)

  5. REVOLUTION:THE ROLE OF WOMEN

  6. REVOLUTION:THE YOUTH

  7. INFRASTRUCTURE www.marchespublics.gov.tn 9clusters 14 scheduled ZF   7High Techparks Textiles, Clothing, Mechanical, ICT, Electronics, Food, Biotech, Multimedia, Computer industry Renewable energy, water, environment       100industrial areas 2free zones ZF  DEEP WATER PORT 13cyberparks 397 Km highways 19750Kmroads 9AIRPORTS 7PORTS Min. Equipamiento

  8. ECONOMY • DIVERSIFICATION POLICY • Partners : Africa - central/Eastern Europe- Scandinavia-EU • Products: added value + intensive know how • PRICES • Freedom: general principle • Prices fixed by the market competition • 2 regimes: homologation – auto homologation • LIBERALIZATION • Integration into the world economy in the 90’ Min. Economy

  9. EXPORT – IMPORT (1) HIGH LEVEL of TRADE OPENNES: 90% • 1 – FREE PRODUCTS • Thru intermediary Bank + proforma invoice • 2 – NON-FREE PRODUCTS • Previous authorization of the Minister of Trade • 3 - NO FORMALITIES • Samples and Donations + Exporting companies • COMMERCIAL FOREIGN COMPANIES • COMPULSORY: foreign trader card SECURED ONLINE PAYMENT SERVICE Visa - MasterCard - CIB E-DINAR: E-dinar SMART- E-dinar Universal – Master Card - VISA International- VISA Electron Ministry of Trade2014

  10. EXPORT – IMPORT (2) INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS : 0%customs • EUR.1 certificate for the traffic of goods • Invoice declaration of origin • Commercial invoice domiciliation 5 FACILITATIONS Integration of the technical control steps Reinforcement of the risks administration protocols Simplified / modernized customs procedures Trade logistics performance indicators Quality, WTO standards and obligations TUNISIA TRADE NET “ TTN ” www.tradenet.com.tn Ministry of Trade 2014

  11. EXPORT – IMPORT (3) EXPORTS IMPORTS MetalMechanical / Electrical industry 36,6 % 41,8% • 10 main products: 75% of the total • Fertilizers and phosphates • Fuel / mineral oil • Olive oil • Non organic chemical products • Electric apparatus and machines • Clothing • 10 main products: 70% of the total • Oil and by-products • Machinery • Electric apparatus / machines • Mechanical apparatus / machines • Clothing • Automobiles Ministry of Trade 2014

  12. INDUSTRY 2 REGIMES Partial exportation Full exportation • FREEDOM • Investment in most sectors • Purchase of industrial land and factory INVESTMENT • NOT COMPULSORY • Tunisian partner • Tunisian majority in the equity InvestmentCode

  13. PREVIOUS AUTHORIZATION Tunisians + Foreigners Frayed Flat glass Semolina flour Edible oil refining Lime and cement Rods, profiled concrete Weapons / ammunitions Preparation of wine and beer Tobacco cultivation and processing Recycling and transformation of waste Caving of wells and boreholes for water Carpet mechanics and other types of carpets ONLY IF Production forlocal market Foreign partner hasmajority of equity INDUSTRY Health Transport Teaching Phone booths Film production Circus / carnivals Communications Vocational training Real estate promotion Publishing / advertising Youth / sports events organization Advertising and sponsoring of leisure activities Leisure activities for children and young people Waste collection - transport - treatment - recycling - recovery SERVICES INVESTMENT: PRODUCTION InvestmentCode

  14. AGRICULTURE FISHERIES AGRICULTURE FISHERIES DECLARATION AUTHORIZATION • PARTNERSHIP • Tunisian partner a must • Contracts of cultures also considered as partnership INVESTMENT • CAPITAL • Foreigners can hold up to 66% of the capital • LAND • Foreigners cannot own land but lease it (25 to 40 yrs) • Leased land may not contribute to capital InvestmentCode

  15. INVESTMENT SETTING UP A COMPANY • Online DECLARACTION • ONE STOP SHOP www.tunisieindustrie.nat.tn

  16. INVESTMENT INCENTIVES + InvestmentCode

  17. INVESTMENT: SPECIFIC INCENTIVES EXPORTATION AT LEAST 70% OF EXPORT TURNOVER 10% income tax System free zone Free importation raw material - ½ finished products - machines Foreignerscan hire up to 4/company without authorization Benefits free repatriation for Non Residents Residents can keep all their receipts (in hard currency accounts) Social security freedom to choose the country of origin regime Capital stock no minimum for LTD companies Exemption 100% tax registration and VAT Local market up to 30% can be sold in the Tunisian market TAX SYSTEM FOR FOREIGNERS Contribution: 20% of the gross income tax Tariffs exemption: - personal belongings importation - 1 passenger car / person InvestmentCode

  18. INVESTMENT : REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES NO incentives INDUSTRY TOURISM SERVICES www.mdci.gov.tn

  19. INVESTMENT: industry- tourism – related services REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT G R A N T S 1 DT= € 0.46 InvestmentCode

  20. INVESTMENT: industria- turismo – servicios vinculados DESARROLLO REGIONAL INVESTMENT: industry- tourism – related services REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT EXEMPTIONS InvestmentCode

  21. ADDITIONAL INCENTIVES • INDUSTRIAL ZONES • STATE COVERAGE: extra muros infrastructure costs • CONDITION: build / equip – provide common services - animate – act as sole interlocutor • HIGHER EDUCATION / TRAINING • 5-yr STATE COVERAGE: social security contribution –renewable X 1 • SUBSIDIES: • teaching staff wages: 10 years 25% • wages partial coverage: 7 years 100% - 25% INVESTMENT • IMPORTANTS PROJECTS • land at symbolic DT based on: • Invested amount • job creation • INCUBATORS • CYBERPARKS • 20% subsidy • land at symbolic DT InvestmentCode

  22. COSTS and SOCIAL BENEFITS CHARGES 1 DT = 0.46 € AGRICULTURE / FISHERIES INDUSTRY • SALARY / DAY (DT) • Common amount10,608 • Specialized workers 10,199 • Qualified workers 11,253 • SALARY / MONTH (DT) • 259,479 40 h/week • 301,808 48 h/week AVERAGE GROSS WAGE ENGINEER: € 1200 TECHNICIAN: € 600 • SOCIAL CHARGES • 16,5 % exporting companies • 18 %non exporting companies • SOCIAL SECURITY • 15,50 % manager • 7,75 % worker SICKNESS INSURANCE Manager: 4% Worker: 2,75% FIPA Tunisia

  23. OPPORTUNITIES Nabeul BUILDING MATERIALS Clay Plaster Marble Limestone Silica sand Bizerte TUNIS Jendouba Béja Zaghouan Siliana Le Kef Sousse Monastir Kairouan Kasserine Mahdia Sidi Bouzid Sfax Gafsa Gabès Tozeur Glass industry Marble extraction / processing Sand crushing, screening and processing Stone quarries exploitation, etc. Kebili Mederine Tataouine ODCO – ODCO 2014

  24. OPPORTUNITIES FOOD INDUSTRY OLIVE OIL Refined oil Packaging Biological production OTHER PRODUCTS Grape wine Cut flowers Children food Organic production Red meat processing Modern slaughterhouses Fresh milk-based cheese Aromatic and medicinal plants FRUIT VEGETABLES Date processing Preserves and semi-preserves FISH Canned tuna Freezing and processing Fish farming in floating cages WATER Thermal water Mineral water FIPA Tunisia

  25. OPPORTUNITIES AGRICULTURAL SERVICES Milk collection Fodder storage Artificial insemination Cereals collection and storage Red meat refrigerated transport Wells drilling and water prospecting Seeds preparation and marketing Veterinary and agricultural analysis laboratories Cabinets/veterinary clinics; agricultural consulting By-products valorization of vegetable / animal origin Preparation of land, harvest, and plant protection Aerial spraying of insecticides and pesticides FIPA Tunisia

  26. OPPORTUNITIES MANUFACTURING ELECTRICAL / ELECTRONIC METALMECHANICAL • Wire harnesses (among 10 first to UE) • Electric and telecom cables • Windings, resistances • Connectors, inductors • Electronic cards • Capacitors, etc. • Precision parts • Molds production • Fine metal sheet • Laser cut • Surface treatment • Mechanical welding, etc. • Automotive parts: Africa 2nd producer CLOTHING - LEATHER PLASTICS - RUBBER • Hosiery • Work suits • Finished fabric • Leather goods • Technical textiles • High-end clothing • Stems and ski shoes, • Lingerie 1st MED supplier to EU • Technical parts for automobile • Technical parts for electronics • Technical parts for medicine • Technical parts for aeronautics • Single-multilayer packaging, etc 5th EU supplier ALFA PASTE (esparto) FIPA Tunisia

  27. OPPORTUNITIES AERONAUTICS COMPANIES INCREASE • + 200 ha : integrated exclusive industrial platform • 20 ha: AEROLIA aeronautic park, EADS/AIRBUS subsidiary X6 65 45 35 31 24 11 • HIGH ADDED VALUE ACTIVITIES • software/hardware engineering • High precision turning/machining • Aeronautic systems production 2013 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 • HUMAN RESOURCES • 4500 engineers/senior technicians/ yr • El MghiraAeropolis training center • 15 other with international standard • Center of excellence for aerospace occupations GITAS

  28. OPPORTUNITIES I C T simultaneously Multifunctional switches: HIGH OUTPUT • Internet • Telephone traffic • Multimedia applications • Information systems development • Software development • Design of Web pages • Network engineering • Content production • Systems integration • Support services SPECIALIZATION Finance Industry Multimedia Management Public services SSII - UTICA

  29. OPPORTUNITIES OFFSHORING 4 SEGMENTS ALREADY IN TUNISIA BPO IT outsourcing Voice TARGET BPO R&D / Know How Data McKinsey

  30. MADE IN Tunisia - 1 API

  31. MADE IN Tunisia - 2 API

  32. MADE IN Tunisia - 3 Packaging Plastics Rubber Compounds Technical Plastic API

  33. MADE IN Tunisia - 4 AERONAUTICS ELECTRICITY CAR PARTS API

  34. MADE IN Tunisia - 5 SHEETS Sanitary items, and PVC Sports Leisure API

  35. MADE IN Tunisia - 6 MOULDS injection-assembly-decoration CABLEADO COMPOUNDS API

  36. MADE IN Tunisia - 7 Rotomolding Thermoforming Laser welding API

  37. MADE IN Tunisia - 8 E T C. API

  38. INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT ACCORDS bilateral multilateral Made in Tunisia products: free access to + 50 countries GSP EFTA EU TURKEY SYRIA JORDAN Algeria Tunisia 800 million consumers Morocco EGYPT LIBYA LARGE ARAB FTA Arab-Mediterranean AGADIRaccord EU-Tunisia -south Med: 1st FTA -privileged partner • TUNISIA-PORTUGAL • No double taxation • Investment protection/guaranty • Trade • etc. FIPA

  39. INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT RANKINGS / countries FIPA

  40. INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT RANKINGS (countries) GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS 2013-2014 (148) Trade Facilitación Index 2012(132) • 31: Spain • 44: Tunisia • 48: Poland • 50: Italy • 62: Turkey • 64: Morocco • 90: Egypt • 35: Spain • 42: Poland • 44: Turkey • 77: Morocco • 83: Tunisia • 91: Greece DOING BUSINESS 2014 (189) • 31: Portugal • 51: Tunisia • 52: Spain • 87: Morocco • 75: Czech Rep. • 69: Turkey BM & IFC WEF 2012

  41. INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT SOME SUCCESS STORIES LEONI, LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES, MICROSOFT, MIROGLIO, NESTLE, ORANGE, PFIZER, PHILIPS, SIOEN, SOCIETE GENERALE, SOMFY, ST MICROELECTRONICS, STREAM, SUMITOMO, VIME, PHOENIX, RIEKER, SAFRAN, SCANIA, SEWON, SIEMENS, TELEPERFORMANCE, SATEC, THOMSON MULTIMEDIA, TOTA L, TOYOTA TSUSHO, UNILEVER , VALEO, VAN DE VELDE, VAN LAACK, VOLVO, YAMAICHI ELECTRONICS, YAZAKI, YURA CORPORATION , ZODIAC, GRUPO BORGES, COELEC, 3 SUISSES, AGRITIERRA, Etc. IBEROSTAR, VALDERRIBAS, GRUPO CEMENTOS MOLINS, MAPFRE, AEROLIA, AKZO NOBEL, ASTEEL, AUTOLIV, AVENTIS SANOFI, BAXTER, BENETTON, BG, BNP, CROWN CORK, DANONE, DRÄXLMAIER, ELECTROLUX, ESSO, FAURECIA , FRAM, VINCCI GENERAL ELECTRIC, GM, GRUPO ROMEU, GROUPE BPCE, HAIER, BANCO SANTANDER HEINEKEN, HENKEL, CEMENTOS PORTLAND HUTCHINSON, JAL GROUP , JOHNSON CONTROLS, KASCHKE, KBE ELEKTROTECHNIK, SAN LUCAR KROMBERG & SCHUBERT , LACROIX ELECTRONICS, KAIKU INTERNACIONAL LATECOERE , LEAR CORPORATION FIPA

  42. T I F 2014 Tunisia, 12 – 13 June 2014 www.tunisiainvestmentforum.tn FIPA

  43. TUNISIA INVESTMENT FORUM T I F 2014 • FREE OF CHARGE • Participation • Catalogue registration • B2B meetings • Cocktail-dinner on 12/6 • Lunch on 13/6 • Simultaneous translation • Airport-Hotel transfer (to + from) • Awards WORKSHOPS • PPP • ENERGY • LOGISTICS • OFFSHORING • REDUCTIONS • HOTEL 5* • Single: 60 € • Double: 84 € • Breakfast & VAT included • TUNISAIR flights: 30% B2B FIPA

  44. T I F 2013 +1456 PARTICIPANTS : 535foreigners 75,3% satisfied FIPA

  45. T I F 2013 PLENARY SESSION FIPA

  46. T I F 2013 B2B FIPA

  47. F I P A T u n i s i a ISO 9001:2008 • OUR JOB • FDI promotion • FDI attraction • WE OFFER • Information • Assistence • Organize B2B • Follow-up, etc. • SECTORS • Manufacturing • Agriculture • Fisheries Related services FREE FIPA

  48. C O N T A C T FIPA Tunisia for Portugal + Spain Amina MKADA (+34) 91 510 48 47 / 620 821 057 fipa.madrid@investintunisia.es www.investintunisia.tn FIPA

  49. شكرا

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